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Dad bod? More like Dad brain: Here are 2 chemicals that change dad behavior
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2283" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/dad-brain" target="_blank"><strong>Dad bod? More like Dad brain: Here are 2 chemicals that change dad behavior - Inverse</strong></a></p><p></p><p>When women become mothers, they experience <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/parenting/mommy-brain-science.html" target="_blank">profound changes</a> to the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667351/" target="_blank">mind and body</a>: hormones fluctuate, <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-maternal-brain/#" target="_blank">brain structures</a> shrink and expand, and they experience <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/08/postpartum-pregnancy-motherhood/595243/" target="_blank">physical shifts</a>. Scientists have spent decades capturing the scale and scope of these changes, but until recently, the <a href="https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/dad-psychology-science-fatherhood/" target="_blank">biology of fatherhood</a> remained relatively unexplored.</p><p></p><p>Emerging data, in humans and animals, shows becoming a father has acute and lasting health effects on men. While moms experience changes on a more drastic scale, dads also undergo meaningful transformations.</p><p></p><p>Specifically, new father's oxytocin levels often rise and <a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/45930-fathers-with-low-testosterone-makes-better-dads" target="_blank">testosterone dips</a>, their brains become more attuned to parent-related stimuli, they gain weight, and they experience changes in the way they sleep, workout, work, and relax. It turns out, <a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/22968-dad-bods-chubby-sexy-seth-rogen-jason-segel" target="_blank">dad bods</a> are real, and here's the science explaining why.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2283, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/dad-brain'][B]Dad bod? More like Dad brain: Here are 2 chemicals that change dad behavior - Inverse[/B][/URL] When women become mothers, they experience [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/parenting/mommy-brain-science.html']profound changes[/URL] to the [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667351/']mind and body[/URL]: hormones fluctuate, [URL='https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-maternal-brain/#']brain structures[/URL] shrink and expand, and they experience [URL='https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/08/postpartum-pregnancy-motherhood/595243/']physical shifts[/URL]. Scientists have spent decades capturing the scale and scope of these changes, but until recently, the [URL='https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/dad-psychology-science-fatherhood/']biology of fatherhood[/URL] remained relatively unexplored. Emerging data, in humans and animals, shows becoming a father has acute and lasting health effects on men. While moms experience changes on a more drastic scale, dads also undergo meaningful transformations. Specifically, new father's oxytocin levels often rise and [URL='https://www.inverse.com/article/45930-fathers-with-low-testosterone-makes-better-dads']testosterone dips[/URL], their brains become more attuned to parent-related stimuli, they gain weight, and they experience changes in the way they sleep, workout, work, and relax. It turns out, [URL='https://www.inverse.com/article/22968-dad-bods-chubby-sexy-seth-rogen-jason-segel']dad bods[/URL] are real, and here's the science explaining why. [/QUOTE]
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